Voluntary organisations were sent 90-day notice letters at the end of last month informing them of changes to service level agreement funding, which youth organisations estimate will leave about 20 of them worse off.
The 0-25 Network, a partnership of voluntary youth organisations, is conducting an analysis of the impact on the voluntary sector, which it estimates as a loss of 200,000 to 250,000.
The move follows a reorganisation of Liverpool youth services, which involves five separate neighbourhood committees making spending decisions in their area.
Funding is determined by a new formula, taking into account numbers of young people, levels of deprivation and levels of antisocial behaviour (YPN, 9-15 November 2005, p5).
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